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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Imam Fareed been arrested for?
(a) Funding Hamas.
(b) Advocating insurrection.
(c) Sheltering refugees.
(d) Threatening terrorism.

2. How does Emily Amir characterize the subject of the painting she is basing her painting on?
(a) Merchant.
(b) Assistant.
(c) Slave-owner.
(d) Slave.

3. What was it about the waiter that made Emily angry?
(a) His sexist assumptions.
(b) The gap between reality and his assumptions.
(c) His drunken belligerence.
(d) His casual rudeness.

4. What neighborhood is Amir and Emily’s apartment in?
(a) Greenwich Village.
(b) Upper west side.
(c) Upper east side.
(d) Midtown.

5. Why does Abe ask whether he should come back, when he arrives at Amir and Emily’s apartment?
(a) Amir is putting on pants.
(b) Emily is covered in paint.
(c) Amir has just broken a glass.
(d) Amir and Emily are squabbling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Amir’s specialization in law?

2. How does the playwright characterize Isaac’s looking around while Emily is getting him coffee in Scene Two?

3. What does Emily say corporate philanthropy typically hides?

4. How does Akhtar characterize Amir’s English?

5. How does the text Amir is reading in Scene Two describe his speech?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do we learn about Amir’s career when the phone rings, interrupting the painting session?

2. How do Amir and Emily think differently about Amir’s position about Imam Fareed?

3. How does Scene Two build on the resolution of Scene One, where Amir said that he would think about speaking for Imam Fareed?

4. What is the importance of the statue of Siva on the mantelpiece?

5. Explain the difference between earnestness and irony as Emily describes it in her discussion with Isaac.

6. Why is there confusion over Abe’s name?

7. What part of the news article about Amir is Amir angry about?

8. What do we learn about Emily when Amir tells her that she should have her black Spanish boyfriend sit for her?

9. What contradiction does Amir identify in Emily’s feelings about him and his responsibilities?

10. What is Amir’s relationship with Mort like?

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